Chapter 221 – Alice the Queen of Thorns 3 (1/2)
Kwa-Ji-Ji-Ji!
The black current inside the sphere was amplified, and a crack appeared in Aleister’s shield.
“Ho…! It seems you’ve put a lot of thought into this,” Aleister nodded as he praised Woohyuk.
However, this turn of events only lasted for a moment.
He turned into a shadow and easily slipped out of Woohyuk’s black sphere.
“What is your identity?” Woohyuk asked.
“As I said before… I’m nothing more or less than Lilith’s shadow,” Aleister said with a relaxed smile.
This time, Woohyuk attempted to constrain Aleister using Asura’s Absolute Space.
“If you’re just a shadow, you can surely be killed.”
“Is that so? Shadows do not die. They just disappear,” Aleister shouted out. He then proceeded to avoid the Demon Kings’ attacks.
In the meantime, he called upon the Witch Cult members to conduct a ritual to summon the Ancient Demon, Lucifer.
Pu-Wook!
Pu-Wook!
The elves who were tied to the torture devices were sacrificed one by one by the witches.
“What would you do by summoning an Ancient Demon?” Woohyuk asked.
“To give you trials. That’s all. I’ve told you before.”
The advent of the demon and purification of the world.
Those were the two key phrases Aleister repeated regarding his philosophy and beliefs.
Woohyuk frowned and wondered how he could stop him.
‘As Helena said, I must never let my emotions get the better of me.’
That was the end Aleister wanted.
This was because Aleister believed that it would be enough if Woohyuk transformed into a demon and brought chaos to the world.
Therefore, Woohyuk had to find a realistic answer while staying calm.
‘He said he was Lilith’s shadow.’
The shadow was not a reality, but an illusion of reality.
In other words, the Aleister that confronted him was nothing more than a mirage.
If so, finding the essence was the key to resolving this problem.
‘That means this guy’s body… isn’t here!’
To be precise, it did not exist in this dimension.
Woohyuk recalled the scene where Paimon hid himself in the cracks of the abyss while attacking during the battle in the Enoa Kingdom.
Aleister was probably utilizing the same concept.
As he made his decision, Woohyuk expanded his senses and tried to feel the essential, physical existence of Aleister.
‘There it is.’
Perhaps because he used Asura’s Absolute Space, he could faintly make out Aleister’s essence.
The location of his essence was far above the place where Aleister’s shadow was located.
Woohyuk swung Verserios and sent out a pitch-black wave towards the estimated location.
Chwa-Ahhhhhh!
At the same time, Aleister’s shadow spewed black blood from his mouth.
“Keuk…!”
Finally, he was able to inflict damage on him.
Woohyuk didn’t stop at this and quickly narrowed the gap toward the essence’s location.
Pounce!
Woohyuk touched the King’s Book.
At that time, Aleister, who was still, raised his head and opened his mouth,
“Excellent. But it’s still not enough.”
Aleister’s shadow suddenly turned into several dark spears and penetrated Woohyuk’s body.
Pu-Wook!
Pu-Wook!
It happened so close and quickly that he had no way of avoiding the attack.
However, Woohyuk didn’t let go of the King’s Book.
“What’s not enough… is you!”
Woohyuk grit his teeth and swung Verserios.
Then, once again, the dimension split, and the black shadow pattered and disappeared.
“Keuk!”
The dark spears that had pierced Woohyuk disappeared and Aleister appeared, vomiting blood.
Aleister also suffered considerable damage.
The black shadow hiding behind the dimension corresponded to his physical being, his essence.
“It was true that you were a shadow.”
“… Ho. I’ll admit, you’re definitely stronger and wiser than before. That makes me very happy.”
Aleister grinned and reached out into the air.
Then, the black shadow appeared and absorbed the remote shadow into the palm of his hands. Aleister’s appearance disappeared.
“Are you running away again?”
“I am just waiting for the next stage. We are all puppets that move according to an invisible thread. If the stage isn’t ready, we can’t dance together.”
“Bullshit!”
Woohyuk raised Verserios and pursued the place where he last felt Aleister’s presence.
However, Aleister’s essence had completely disappeared beyond the dimension.
‘… At least I got my hands on the King’s Book.’
He wasn’t sure whether it was deliberately handed over or whether he obtained it through his cunning strategy.
Regardless, with the King’s Book, he could now stop the Ancient Demons from being summoned into the world by halting the ritual process.
After releasing Asura’s Absolute Space, Woohyuk dispatched the witches who were beheading the Elves.
Slice!
Slice!
The Witches’ bodies were scattered on the floor like puppets who had their strings cut.
After getting rid of all the Witches, Woohyuk released Ophelia and Reina.
“I’m already done for, Rhine King. Save the other children…”
Ophelia pointed to her abdomen, which was being mutated.
The mutation meant that she was gradually dying.
However, Reina shook her head as she cried,
“No! Ophelia, you can live!”
“Reina is right. You still have one chance.”
As a result of passing Hevnia’s Tomb, Woohyuk obtained the Power of Resuscitation.